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Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.
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A Confusing Response
Commentators like John Gill emphasize the servants' genuine confusion. They expected David's grief to intensify after the child's death, not cease. His actions—fasting and weeping while the child lived, then rising and eating after he died—seemed illogical and were the opposite of what they anticipated. This highlights how a response rooted in faith can appear strange to onlookers.
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2 Samuel
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Reformed Baptist
Then said his servants unto him, what thing [is] this that you have done ? &c.] Or wh…
Presbyterian
David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon and greatly laments …
